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REEN ENERGY, YOU HAVE VOTING
RECORDS SPEAKING TO RENEWABLE
PROJECTS.
MODERATOR: YOU HAVE VOTED
AGAINST NUMEROUS FO
RENEWABLE PROGRAMS.
>> I WAS AN ENVIRONMENTAL
ENGINEER.
I SPENT MY CAREER CLEANING UP
HAZARDOUS WASTE SITES.
THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE OBJECTS
THAT HAVE COME BEFORE THE
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL I HAVE
APPROVED.
THESE CAN BE GOOD PROJECTS.
WE NEED A DIVERSE PORTFOLIO.
MANY PROJECTS I HAVE SAID NO TO.
I SEE THE VALUE IN USING
JUDGMENT, DISCERNMENT, AND
KNOWING WHAT PROJECTS THAT OUR
NEEDS.
MANCHESTER WANTED TO SPEND $4
MILLION, THAT'S NOT A GOOD USE
OF OUR MONEY.
I SAID NO TO THAT PROJECT TO
REINVEST IT IN PROJECTS THAT
HAVE A BETTER RETURN FOR US.
WE CAN SEE A BETTER
ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS.
MODERATOR: RECENTLY THE PERSON
IN CHARGE OF NEW ENGLAND POWER
GRID WARNED THERE MAY NOT BE
ENOUGH POWER TO MEET ENERGY
NEEDS IN THE WINTER TIME AND WE
NEED MORE BACKUPS TO RENEWABLES.
YOU HAVE BEEN AN ADVOCATE FOR
NOBLE ENERGY.
WHAT WOULD YOU DO TO KEEP THE
LIGHTS ON?
MR. VAN OSTERN: ADDITIONAL
INVESTMENTS IN SOLAR MORE
PORTENT.
IT HAS THREE GOALS.
YOU LOWER ELECTRICITY COST
BRINGING MORE POWER ONTO THE
GRID.
YOU ALSO CREATE GOOD LOCAL JOBS
IN A WAY THAT PROTECTS OUR
ENVIRONMENT WHICH IS CRITICAL TO
OUR TOURISM INDUSTRY.
THAT IS WHAT I HAVE BEEN A
STRONG ADVOCATE.
HE HAS VOTED AGAINST EVERY
SINGLE SOLAR ENERGY PROJECT IN
FRONT OF US.
THE TRUTH IS WHEN YOU SEE THE
WORLD THROUGH THE EYES OF THE
FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRY YOU SEE
SOLAR AS A THREAT.
YOU CAN SEE IT LIKE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO LOWER ELECTRICITY
COST BRINGING MORE SUPPLY ONTO
THE GRID.
>> THE QUESTION WAS ON BACKUP
PLANS.
WHAT DO YOU THINK A GOOD BACKUP
PLAN SHOULD BE?
>> 10 YEARS AGO, STONYFIELD HAVE
THE BIGGEST SOLAR ARRAY IN THE
STATE.
TODAY IT IS 20 TIMES THAT IN
PETERBOROUGH.
IT WAS 143-0 GO TO GET THAT
DONE.
RIGHT NOW TODAY THERE ARE
MULTIPLE PROJECTS BEING PLAN
THAT ARE 50 TIMES AS BIG.
>> LET'S BE CLEAR.
TH MANCHESTER, ZERO.
A LOT OF THESE PROJECTS ARE
HAVING NET BENEFITS.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE ARE
USIN JUDGMENT AND DISCERNMENT